Task Name: Blood Dragon's Rage - Adventure on Blood Island!Task Rank: Rookie PirateBoss Required?: NoTask Details:Lazarus' crew is still missing. After years of training, he's been travelling to various seas searching for his crew, Heaven's Winter. Lazarus received reports of a Wyvern like figure spotted in the heart of Blood Island. On whim, Lazarus thought it might be Yediyah, his old crew mate. In hopes of reuniting with his crew, Lazarus travels to Blood Island. However, little does he know, not only does an rambunctious Yonko shares his adventure but both men may so learn the law of the sea long forgotten, all men must die. Even more so with an angry mother dragon, who spits molten blood and a crew of minions, all for a Dragon Egg.

NPC:

NPC:30 SalmandersMother Blood DragonFather Blood Dragon

Specs for Mother Dragon:

Description:

She is very territorial and not to be played with. She protects her eggs with her life and will kill even her salamander minions for getting to close.

Lazarus landed on blood island via a jet ski powered by dials that he borrowed from the locals of the United Elemental Islands Services. Out of all of the islands, apparently no ship dares to dock on Blood Island for some reason or the other. Understandable, seeing that the blood phenomenon, of the blood not leaking out into the open sea is a mystery. Upon docking on the blood ridden shores, the texture of blood tinted his shoes as he stepped on the sand. Lazarus docked his rider by a neaby tree, which was coated in this thick outer layer, it appeared to be deformed but at closer glance the vegetation was contorted by the constant supply of blood. Lazarus traveled for a few meters until he came upon stream of molten lava, wait, it was molten blood!?

Lazarus: Well... This certainly is the sort of place my crew would visit.

Jack had heard the rumors, and he had for a while felt the need to try something a little more exciting than the usual hunt for treasure. So it was a given he had to check up on this interesting rumor. Of course he could always have gone the dragon island, but the chance to catch a dragon with eggs no less alone, in a place not as crowded with Dragon's was something he really had to take an advantage off. But he had grown to be a bit more complex than he had first believed. It was true that it wasn't alike Dragon Island where dragon's roamed the sky, as a ruler. it would seem the wildlife had grown more aggressive. Most likely due to the Dragon protecting the egg or eggs to be honest Jack didn't know if it'd be one or more in this case. But he knew aggressive behavior usually spreads. So in a split decision he had decided to have his crew leave him here while he was attempting to get a hold on one of these eggs.

Now here he was scouting the area carefully, trying to avoid any strong confrontation with the wildlife as while he'd be able to handle it with ease, if he didn't stay cautious the numbers could grow out of hand pretty quickly. So he figured while he felt a rush from recent events he shouldn't let it go to his head, just because he had one very favorable victory that does not mean he is suddenly all powerful, it just means he was lucky.

Along the shores Lazarus heard a massive growl echo from the heart of the jungle that guarded the shoreline.Lazarus rushed into the forest due to pure excitement of what the creature was or maybe until he came to the entrance of a massive cave. He must have traveled for five minutes or so, it was weird, this wasn't the only entrance either, they were twenty different entrances that spanned along the line of the cave's outer lining. Unsure of his reasoning skills, though, this was more like luck in which entrance to pick, Lazarus picked a random cavern to enter and began what appeared to be a deep decent. The cave became more marshy and surprisingly hotter, in caves of these kinds, it usually became colder. He came to a dead end of sorts, the cavern's end was a cliff and as he looked down, an inner path with roads on both sides, and a river in it's center was depicted before Lazarus' eyes.

Lazarus: Damn, this place is getting hotter by the minute.. Somethings doesn't sit right with me.. There must be some reason why this island produces so much blood.

Lazarus followed the path to the right of the stream and came upon two caverns that seemed to stretch on for miles. Above one cavern a sign plastered in blood read " Keyoto" and on the other "Mother of All Reptiles"Lazarus was puzzled, what in the world did these mean? Though there was a riddle that lied by the entrance of the path he was standing on.

"Blood feeds the lizard and comforts the heart. Turn back adventurers, this path is not for the weak of heart"

The riddle on the other path read.

"You shall surely die. Blood is something fed upon by those with no eyes"

Lazarus: The lizard that comforts the heart... I'll give this a shot.

Little did Lazarus know, if he had took the other path, he'd truly would've died.

Jack hadn't really been much for caves, he had found them just thought of another route to success one most wouldn't be able to go through do the sheer heat. He had decided to follow the river of molten blood, he had heard about the rivers of blood, but he figured the heat would be the dragon's doing, so he figured it would be the best bet. Even more so since it wouldn't really be a route any outsider would be able to take and so the wildlife wouldn't even think of checking here.

After following the river for a good five minutes he reached an entrance to a cave, where the river flowed out from, taking a quick glance around he figures it must be from here the growls he has been hearing must be coming from. "Well here goes nothing..." Carefully he stepped into the cavern where the molten river of blood lit up his path. It all felt rather strange, with the heat filing this place it was weird that the whole place wasn't on fire, but for some reason the woods around the river as he as he had gotten here had seemed to adapt to the heat somehow. Before long Jack's heart skipped a beat, hearing small steps he had gotten a good bit into the cave by now, and could feel the cave getting wider, but the slithering steps coming for him, was a bit to unnerving, quickly Jack hugged the wall, hoping that the salamander would simply walk past him, and so he waited.

Not long after a salamander came walking, by, Jack took a deep breath, holding up his breathing simply to hope that it would simply pass by him, but after having taken like 2 steps away from him it stopped, Jack could easily hear its breath, it didn't take Jack long to figure out that it was trying smell. In a conclusion Jack figured he would have no way of masking his scent at this point, especially not since it had already gotten a hint of it. Stepping with Grace Jack quickly drew his blade, stepping it right into the neck of the salamander hoping for a quick clean kill. But alas such luck was not to be had, the kill was clean, but before just dying it gave of a cry which was sent down through the caves. This was bad, he just really hoped that the caves was such a maze that the sound wouldn't give him away to everyone in the system.

Lazarus heard the screech of the dying salamander in the cave path way he now walked on. Up ahead, he saw Red Haired man who was back tracking as the salamander fell into the blood river.

Lazarus: Jack!?

Lazarus was excited. He had not seen anyone since the incident on the Emante Island. Lazarus was oblivious to theworld situation, he was not aware of Jack's promotion to Yonko. Lazarus ran up to Jack and gave him a hug out of excitement. Just then, they heard a roar come from behind them. The pack of salamanders ran towards them and Lazarus bolted towards the end of the tunnel. Then they saw, a huge cavern filled with spotted Red Eggs.

Lazarus: Wait... if the Salamanders are running... What's chasing them?

Jack sighed deeply, as he watched the salamander hit the pool, soon after he heard a voice call out, not just call out but his name. "Jack?!" Feeling a bit on edge he turned his arm lighting fire for a brief moment untill he saw who it was, a rather familiar face, besides the faces of his crew. Standing amazed the fire blew out quickly. As the hug came he was knocked out of the shock, hugging back. "Lazarus? From Azure's crew, what are you doing here?" He hugged back the abrupt interruption from their past meeting, even though he didn't get to talk to him much back then, this definetly beat any other person that could be after his head. Then again a bounty hunter would properly not be hunting him way out here.

Their reunion was short however as it was interrupted, he looked figuring it would proberly have to do with the kill he had just made. Laz's was quick on his feet which was most likely the wisest choice here. Following up quickly his eyes widened as he spotted the eggs. "Ohh my..." Well this certainly was nice to see, that in the end the rumor had been true, so now he had located the eggs he just needed to get atleast one with him out of here. "Wait... if the Salamanders are running... What's chasing them?" Jack looked at him, mildly confussed, then it kicked in Lazerus didn't know about the whole dragon thing, well this will come like a shock, he couldn't help but laugh mildly. "Well these eggs are not Salamander, no they are from a much larger lizard..." The thundering roar could be heard from the cavern they had just come from. "And they are the reason I'm here... didn't exactly plan this though..." He said regretfully, as plans was to locate then figure out how to get them out, not get discovered and have to bring one out.

Lazarus eyes opened at Jack's statement and just then he could not believe the sight that was before his eyes. A huge scaly red figure came rushing at top speed, spewing what seemed to be bloody fire... that was the best explanation that could come into the mind of the rookie pirate. Lazarus saw the dragon fly stream line towards him. Lazarus ducked and the dragon flew directly through Jack's logia body. The male dragon lied at the pinnacle of the hill screeching for some weird reason. The salamanders responded to the dragons call and they encircled Jack and Lazarus. Lazarus attached his gauntlet's and prepare for battle. The salamanders were quick, agile and powerful.

Lazarus flipped off his hood and popped some licorice in his mouth.

Lazarus: I guess I know who the boss around here is. Oi! Jack! You came here for a dragon egg! Why is it that all the pirates I know are always into the crazy adventures.

One of the salamanders that stood behind Lazarus tried to bite off his knee, Lazarus jumped spun in mid-air, now warping time and instantly crushing the salamander below his fist. The creature bounced backwards, rushing towards Lazarus once more this time biting his hand. The gauntlets protecting Lazarus from the intensity of the Salamander's fiery saliva. Lazarus used his left hand to grab the salamander and accelerated time and delivered a series of left and right hooks. Each time, time itself buckles around the intensity of his haymakers. Lazarus fired off a right hook and killed the salamander.

The marvelous beauty that was in dragon's something that had always facinated Jack, since the times when he heard the fairytales, so ofcourse given that he had the resourses he had to jump at this chance, that and it wasn't just a pety thing either, a dragon egg could be worth a fortune, not that he would sell it though such a prize was something best kept as a trophy. He glanced back jsut quickly enough to feel the dragons claw pass through his body he stood in a small shock uncertain weather he should be afraid or excited. "I guess I know who the boss around here is. Oi! Jack! You came here for a dragon egg! Why is it that all the pirates I know are always into the crazy adventures." Jack simply laughed of the mere suggestion, it was a nice feeling ofcourse but well this wasn't like an everyday crazy thing. "Simple when you're free to do whatever, you usually do whatever crazy thing that comes to mind~" It wasn't as much as every pirate was like this, but every pirate with potential had atleast some of just that in them.

The Salamanders was quick to incircle them most likely due to the intructions of the big dragon over there. Jack certain than taking one out in a surprice step was one thing, but a whole other thing when it came to combat esecially since they would proberly be resiliant towards most of his arsenal. Though knowing that they are just creatures he stepped forward taking on the first who dared approach him, feeling pretty confident as it would take some time for anyone to adjust to fighting a logia that was the same for creatures, one of the awesome perks. The salamander came up, claws first where Jack while he could just let them pass through him simply took a step to the side while unsheathing his blade, the next attempt the sidestep would be followed up by a stab with his blade though unable to hit any prober weak spots on its scales, as it was moving rather delicately to avoid such a thing, third attack Jack stads still letting the claw pass through him only to kick it right in the side to keep it still for a moment to stab down into its neck. "Damn... All that effort to kill one of these buggers. " Jack laughing lightly at the statement, looking over to Laz while allready trying to avoid the next salamander. "Well its just a matter of hitting them in the right spot... nothing too hard~" He smiled joy fully, even though these little guys are nothing compared to the luring dragon watching them.

Lazarus listens to Jack's comment about adventures and figting against the salamanders. Five of them jumped at Lazarus, Lazarus warped time around his feet and dashed from the center of their attacks. Lazarus fired accelerated time jabs, about 100 at the five salamanders, crushing their cells with the precise connection of his jabs to their spinal cords. The male dragon seemed irritated that his minions are being destroyed, he charged towards Lazarus opening his jaws to consume him. Lazarus stomped his foot in the dragon's bottom teeth lining and his fists into the dragon's mouth's stop. He was lodged between it's jaws and it flew him through the various tunnels circling around and returning with the room with Jack, slamming Lazarus into the wall.

Lazarus: That was amazing! Hey Jack! How many pirates you think can say they fought with a dragon!?

Lazarus warped above the dragon slamming his fist into it's back with all of his force.

The dragon rushed towards Lazarus, Lazarus placed his hands infront of him in a 'x' shield fashion to intercept the blow of the attack. The force of the attack pushed him backwards about 10 M into the cavern's walls. The dragon now broke away, he and the rookie pirate now fighting in the cavern adjacent from Jack. Lazarus accelerated the force around his feet and push off the ground, jumping towards the dragon that now perched on the Cave's hill structuring. He fired a series of jabs which were intercepted by the dragon's punches. Lazarus now fell to the stalagmite cave surface and spun in mid-air, flipping to a smooth decent. Lazarus rushed towards the wall the dragon still stood on and fired off a series of punches causing him to fly off and he spat a humungous breath of fire that scorched the very air around Lazarus. Lazarus jumped out of the path of the attack and warped into mid-air. He had a plan, he used the small cliffs around the height of the dragon's flight to his advantage. Warping to one of the cliffs, he pushed off with great force smashing his fists into the dragon's stomach, wings, legs, jaw and finally the top of his head repeating the warping and dash process. The dragon cringed as he received the attacks, spitting out blood from it's mouth and a tooth fell. Which Lazarus grabbed, forgetting he was in mid-air. Both he and the dragon fell to the floor below.

Lazarus: Damn! His skin's is tough, I thought with the accelerated force, that attack would have ended him for sure.

Tech:

Ability Lvl 1 Name: Time Whisper Ability Lvl 1 Type: Melee / Field (Long-Range)Ability Lvl 1 Cooldown: 3Ability Lvl 1 Description:User distorts the space time continuum quickly jumping through instances of time surrounding the enemy in a octagon shaped formation. The opponent acts as the center of this motion, the user reappears at each point of the octagon and dashes forward delivering a single punch and retreating to the formation until eight punches are delivered. This ability last for the duration of one post.

Ability Lvl 1 Strengths:

- Techniques focuses on speed, so increased motion occurs (+15 Speed)

- Multiple attacks fired almost instantly from various directions can overwhelm opponent (-10 Intelligence to opponent)

- User can use this skill to attack multiple enemies, placing them as the center of the attack.

Ability Lvl 1 Weaknesses:

- When reappearing, user is temporarily defenseless (-15 Reflex for two posts)

- Accuracy of shots is lowered (-10 Finesse for one post)

- User experiences time lag after duration. (-10 Endurance for two posts)